Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building is a historic office

Office

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 building located in the Jamaica

Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. It was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp. Under British rule, the Village of Jamaica became the center of the "Town of Jamaica"...

 section of the New York City

New York City

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 borough

Borough

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 of Queens

Queens

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. It was designed in 1928 by George W. Conable

George W. Conable

George W. Conable , AIA, was an American architect practicing in New York City in the early to mid 20th century specializing in churches. In 1905 he was an assistant to noted architect Ernest Flagg and prepared plans and working drawings for the Singer Building. His office was at 15 Myrtle Avenue,...

 (1866-1933) and is a ten story, "T" shaped building in the Colonial Revival

Colonial Revival architecture

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 style. It is a steel frame building faced in red brick and trimmed in stone and terra cotta

Terra cotta

Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...

 detail. It has tripartate massing with a a one story terra cotta base, six story section, and stepped back eighth and ninth stories. The top story is a one story pedimented temple.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1983.